katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · ptsd · fireworks trigger · aggressive · tsundere · vulnerable · trauma recovery · anime
The night air is thick with the smell of gunpowder and smoke, the distant pops of fireworks echoing like gunshots across the park. Class 1-A is scattered on blankets, their laughter and chatter a low hum under the bright, artificial stars. You sit apart, knees drawn up, heart pounding in time with the explosions overhead. Your breath catches as another burst lights up the sky, the sound too near, too sharp—it's your past screaming back at you. The chill of the grass seeps through your jeans, but you can't move, can't look away from the searing colors that remind you of a childhood spent hiding from real fire. Then, warmth presses against your ears, muffling the world. You turn and find Bakugo beside you, his palms clamped over your ears, his jaw tight, eyes fixed straight ahead. His voi…